VEGAS Pro Edit 21 Steam Edition news & patch notes

Important changes in version 21.0.0.300 compared to version 21.0.0.208!

Features:

• AI Smart Mask 2.0 plugin
• AV1 GPU support
• New preferences to manage .sfk files
• Optimized GPU processing for AVC & HEVC files
• New menu option to allow user to download the VEGAS user manual for offline help reference
• HEIC/HEIF support

Improvements and Bugs Fixes:

• The Normal Edit tool in Mask mode of the Pan/Crop window now uses the correct cursor icon
• Picture-in-Picture interacts are now correct upon initialization when in Free Form mode
• Eliminated a loud burst of static noise that could occur when decoding some file formats
• Motion tracking in the Smart Mask renderer now works as expected
• A rendered Smart Mask now accurately matches what you saw in preview
• Fixed a problem where objects remained highlighted in Smart Mask even when they were not selected
• The Smart Mask Transparency checkbox now properly remembers its checked state when you close and reopen the Smart Mask UI
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using Smart Mask
• Fixed issue with reading MKV files
• All VSTs now properly appear in the VST Effects tab of the Preferences dialog box
• Fixed an issue that could cause significant performance problems with some VST effects
• VST plug-ins applied at the track level no longer completely redraw after an undo/redo operation
• VST plug-in automation UI now properly updates after an undo/redo operation
• Renamed mxhevcplug plugin mxcompoundplug
• Color Grading panel is now properly reset when a new project is created
• Intra-4k-PCM files now play correctly
• Fixed sizing problems with the Color Grading panel
• Improvements and fixes for Adjustment Events
• Fixes for multiple GPU setups
• Fix crash which occurred when initializing some browser based windows
• Bottleneck causing performance problems for WAVES plugins has been resolved
• Default to route AVC decoding through the mxhevcplug decoder to fix some issues with that format
• Fixed crash which may occur on exist if project is not saved
• Fixed crash which may occur when reading audio data
• XAVC media is now decoded through the mxcompoundplug by default
• Improvements to the OFX Interact Suite (for third party video plugins)
• Fixed Crash with the Slow Motion plugin
• Mask creation with Smart Mask now works correctly
• Removed blacklisting of some file formats to avoid So4CompoundPlug has been deactivate as files work properly now with the mxcompoundplug
• Problem with media information not displaying properly in the Open dialog for specific media times has been resolved
• Resolved some performance reduction that may occur when repeatedly opening and closing the color grading panel
• VEGAS now properly reads media with HE-AAC SBR audio
• Smart mask tracking now works properly when Reduce Points has a value greater than 0.00
• Fixed problem where the audio streams from AVC media with formats other than AAC were not read properly
• Render statistics are now displayed properly for AV1
• New shortcut added for bypassing preview zoom
• Added an option to the Taskbar jump list that resets the user preferences
• Fixed crash which could occur on application exit
• Repeatedly opening and closing the Color Grading Panel no longer affects performance
• Missing controls in audio tools are visible again
• Improvements for handling of iZotope RX VST plugins
• AVI media with JPEG video stream is now read properly
• Fixed an issue where some video decoders where not being closed properly
• Updated to most recent BlackMagic RAW SDK for expanded support for BMRAW files
• The Render As dialog and the Render Progress dialogs now open in a more efficient manner
• Fixed a problem in the Edit | Editing Tool menu where the proper tools are not displayed as selected
• Ctrl+Shift+G now properly selects the value in the Selection End field
• VEGAS Pro now properly displays the FPS in the Render Progress dialog for ProRes encoding
• Fixed problems for machines that have older, incompatible versions of the OpenCL library installed on them
• Fixed various issues with the Credit Roll media generator
• Smart Mask now works properly with 32 bit projects
• Improved load speed for some MXF files
• Fixed an issue that caused a VST scanner warning to mistakenly appear
• Color Grading panel properly releases resources when changing event selection
• Fixed crash which may occur when using the GL Transition plugin on machines with an incompatible GPU
• Improved the time it takes to open large projects with MXF files
• Fixed a problem that sometimes caused an extended white-out screen to occur upon UI initialization at startup
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using the Motion Tracking window
• Sony FS7 MXF import now works as expected
• Media with AC3 audio is now loaded correctly after an initial launch of VEGAS that follows a system reset
• Project settings no longer become corrupted after navigating to the Advanced tab in the Project Properties dialog
• VEGAS Pro now properly cleans up scripting data which could cause a crash
• Improved general performance of playback of MXF files
• Fixed scaling issues with 32 bit VST plugins
• Fixed problem where error message displayed when the Welcome Screen opened and one of the recent project files is not found
• Preference File I/O tab now displays all the controls properly in all languages
• Improve GPU memory handling for BRAW decoding
• Fixed problems with MP4 and MKV HEVC media with AC-3 audio
• Fixed a problem with Nested Timelines that could result in black frames on output
• Improved performance of 32-bit VST plugins
• Fixed alignment of controls in the preferences dialog for French and Japanese languages
• Fixed a crash which could occur when opening the Customize Keyboard dialog
• Removed a memory leak in some legacy File I/O plugins
• Some EXR files which VEGAS previously was unable to import now are supported
• Fixed a hang which could occur when using Credit Roll at the same time as some VST plugins
• Fixed crash which could occur when dragging a point in the Color Grading panel’s Color Curves
• Renders of less than 11 frames no longer add bad frames
• Improved metadata reading for some media formats
• Fixed crash which could occur when switching between projects that use the Upscale plugin
• Opening Help via the F1 button no longer opens multiple tabs in the user's browser

Important changes in version 21.0.0.208 compared to version 21.0.0.187!

Improvements and Bug fixes:

• Fixed a buffer error that occurred when performing an Undo operation on a VST plugin applied at the track level
• Windows Taskbar again properly shows progress of a render task
• Preforming an undo or redo operation with Audio FX now properly updates the UI
• The Preferences now properly display VST plugs-ins
• Fixed a black-frames issue that affected some third-party OFX plugins
• Splash screen properly shows progress
• Fixed temporal filtering issues in the Z-Depth plug-in
• The VEGAS message box now sizes properly depending on the length of the text that is being displayed.
• The Motion Tracking panel now properly supports data from Mocha Pro
• Removed an erroneous menu option in the Tools | Extensions menu
• Fixed a bug that prevented the user from switching to Audio Track FX when either the Audio Event FX or Master FX window was open
• Text on 3rd party Video Plugins is no longer cut off
• Fixed issue where the Red and Blue colors may be swapped while using Style Transfer
• Fixed crash which may occur when using the Slow Motion plugin
• Fixed crash which may occur when clicking the toolbar button in the FX editor keyframe pane
• Fixed a crash which may occur on shut down if the user has the system statistics on
• Fixed problem where an Adjustment Event may not display a full frame when using some third-party Video FX
• Updated support for Meteor Lake CPUs in some CPU-based decoders
• Online help pages for most Video plugs have been updated and posted
• Audio FX window closes as it should when you delete the event or track the effect is on
• Putting an Adjustment Event on the timeline no longer makes Motion Tracking crash
• Undo or Redo of a bypass of an Audio FX now properly refreshes the UI
• Fixed incorrect texture writing for YUV-RGB conversion
• Turn on OpenCL color conversion paths for NVidia GPUs
• The proper hardware device is now selected when using some AI plugins
• Fixed a crash which can occurs when using the Smart Mask plugin
• Fixed crash which may occur when initializing the Hub window
• The FX button in the Mixing Console now always works as expected

Important changes in version 21.0.0.187 compared to version 21.0.0.108!

New Features:

• AV1 decoding
• AV1 rendering
• New button to toggle the behavior of the spacebar during playback
• Add scripting access for Adjustment Events
• GPU support in the Offset and Wrap plugin
• Improve Smart Mask point generation to be more efficient
• Mocha Pro integration, matching Mocha VEGAS behavior

Improvements and Bug fixes:

• Automatically close the FX window when the last plugin is removed from the chain
• Starting VEGAS from a file that was removed from VEGAS Content will no longer cause a crash
• Updates and improvements for the MXHEVC Plugin
• Improvements for the update service
• Improvements to the Hub login for Text-to-Speech
• The navigation buttons in the Explorer window now work properly
• Added an email address field in the crash dialog
• Fixed a crash which may occur in the update service when VEGAS is opened and closed repeatedly
• Fixed sizing issues in the UI for some VST plugins
• Explorer window no longer glitches with the first media file selected
• Improvements to the Offset and Wrap plugin
• Improvements to the Mocha VEGAS exchange while creating Bézier masks
• Fixed crash which may occur when trying to add unsupported media after the hardware detection process fails
• Improvements to the OFX Interacts for third party plugins
• Fixed problem where OFX Interacts did not show up when Titles and Text is reopened
• Fixed problem in 2D parameters for OFX plugins where full range is not properly used
• Fixed Undo/Redo history problems with Mocha VEGAS
• Fixed a crash which may occur when using Shot Detection
• Fixed a crash which occurred when scrolling the horizontal or vertical scrollbars in some displays
• Custom templates in the ATRAC renderer now work as expected
• Added proper support for different pixel configurations in OFX plugins
• Alpha channel is now better handled in the Z-Depth plugin
• AC-3 files now will always import into VEGAS at their proper length
• Fixed a crash which may occur when reading some specific Go-Pro files
• Improve balance of performance and memory usage for some Intel CPU and GPU decoders
• Add support for UNIX style path names in the script API
• Fixed problem with proper color output from the REZup FX when it is placed before Pan/Crop in the plugin chain
• Now properly support all media with MPEG audio
• Improved performance and responsiveness of VST plugins when editing envelopes
• Resizable VST plugins now fill the entire FX window when it is being resized
• Fixed long delay on startup which may occur on some systems
• Fixed crash which may occur when building an audio FX chain
• Fixed crash which could occur when initializing the VEGAS Hub window
• Fixed crash that may occur in the plugin windows when rendering preview thumbnails for an effect
• Support for MKV files
• Fixed synchronization error which may occur when using some eFX plugins
• ProRes renders no longer have one of row and column of missing pixels
• Removed some AC3 templates that have not been supported for several years
• Fixed some display issues in the Update dialog when it opens on some High DPI monitors
• Preset label is now properly placed in High DPI environments
• UI improvements in the Mixing Console to display better in High DPI environments
• Fixed incorrect aspect ratio with some rendered ProRes files
• Automatically set Alpha Channel settings properly when an alpha channel is detected for PNG files
• Fixed the Min/Max range for the Beauty Box OFX plugin
• Fixed problem where blue mask outlines disappear when performing an Undo after a Create Mask operation
• Better handling of alpha background by Adjustment Events
• Improved Keyframe interpolation for the Z-Depth plugin
• Corrected some improper color conversion for some media
• Track headers for audio tracks now properly show "In" and "Out" in High DPI environments
• Improved Slow Motion OFX plugin
• Fixed potential freeze or crash in the MP3 plugin
• Fixed crash which may occur when using the color corrector plugin
• Fixed display problem with OFX plugins that contain a 2D position parameter
• Changed the Preview Transport toolbar to include the Loop Playback button by default
• Editing with the Credit Roll plugin will no longer cause a hang
• Fixed issues with aspect ratio handling in the HEVC reader
• Undo in Smart Mask will no longer cause the application to hang
• Improvements for to the MXF reader to support a larger variety of files of this format
• Fixed resource leak related to UI assets
• Fixed crash which may occur for project file names which are very long
• Fixed High DPI display issues in the Audio FX window
• Auto Contrast function in the Color Grading panel no longer causes a crash
• Fixed UI problems in the VST Preferences window in localized versions
• Improved handling of MPEG media
• Fix crash which occurred when using Color Match plugin
• Now properly read Panasonic PX 270 camera MXF files
• Improved hardware selection for decoding
• Fix performance degradation associated with using the Color Grading Panel
• Improved download experience for VEGAS Content
• Wormhole VST now works properly in VEGAS
• Fixed crash caused by saving pre-rendered files to an invalid path
• Fixed a hang issue with the Nectar 3 Elements plugin
• Fixed Glitch with the Temperature slider in the White Balance controls on the Color Grading Panel
• Driver update utility now properly sees NVidia RTX 4000 series cards
• The Adjustment Event context menu now only shows options which are actually available for these type of events
• Fixed problem which causes Red and Blue to be swapped on AMD gpus using recent drivers
• Fixed problem where some events will have a loud audio error in the final few frames